Rooster attacked by hens

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My polish roo is molting pretty good this week and when I went down to the coop just now, he came running to me pretty frantically. I noticed he’s bleeding on his back right before his tail feathers. Then witnessed one of my Eggers chasing and pecking him pretty good. I separated her and watched to see if it was just a one off and it was not. So I placed him on one side of our barn coop and kept the girls on the other. Tonight when he settles I will go back in so I can get a better look and try to clean it up. Not sure yet if it’s pin feather blood or if they got down to the skin. He does keep picking at it himself right now so not sure if he’s making it worse. I don’t usually handle him but he’s not a mean rooster. I’ve never picked him up before so I just want him a little quieter before I start poking around and stress him out further.

I have vetricynVF plus (not the poultry specific one) plus a plethora of horse wound care items. I have blue kote, aluspray, neosporin, etc.
Any recommendations for treatment? I’m not sure a bath in the house is in the cards for him. I feel this may be a bit too much for him.

I’m surprised they went at him and he didn’t shut that down but we did just have a flock shift this week with our latest Marek’s loss. They never went after her when she was down but I’m thinking she was keeping everyone in their place.

 

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I borrowed a rooster once that was molting. He had a bald spot on his butt. My hens pecked it he said. "Ow!" Just like a person.

 

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Can you separate him in a pen or dog crate for a day or two until the blood on his tail has dried and turned brown? I have used Blue Kote in instances where feathers were picked out or there was red skin. Aluspray may also work.During his separation, I would feed him some mushy wet chicken feed made fresh and a bit of scrambled egg or tuna. Molting can be rough on a rooster. I have witnessed my first rooster being run off by a young cockerel. He was fine and regained his place in the flock later.

 

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Can you separate him in a pen or dog crate for a day or two until the blood on his tail has dried and turned brown? I have used Blue Kote in instances where feathers were picked out or there was red skin. Aluspray may also work.During his separation, I would feed him some mushy wet chicken feed made fresh and a bit of scrambled egg or tuna. Molting can be rough on a rooster. I have witnessed my first rooster being run off by a young cockerel. He was fine and regained his place in the flock later.

Thank you for replying! Yes I have him separated in the coop. I have dog run panels going down the middle and I put him on the “hospital” side with my small recuperation coop, so he has plenty of room and is still with them, just separated.

He’s on a high protein all flock pellet currently but I will supplement with some scrambled egg in his pellet mash tomorrow (they get soaked all flock with baicalin every day as a “treat”).

Should I skip the vetericyn and blue cote all together and just let it heal? I know vetericyn can be irritating to wounds so I rarely use it on the livestock. I just happen to have an old bottle someone had given me.

Poor guy. He broke my heart the way he ran to me for help. Crazy little velociraptors. My white girl in this pic, Badger, she’s the instigator. Killed her first deer mouse the other day and I guess is feeling like top dog right now.

 

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Ok, I ended up treating with the vetericyn spray and then blu kote topical. He wasn’t actively bleeding and appeared comfortable lying there. Using the sprays minimized his handling since I could just treat while he sat in front of me. I know he’s painful and full of pin feathers so wanted to handle him as little as possible to minimize his discomfort. It’s not perfect but hopefully it will do.

Thanks again